Donald Trump has spent the first 18 months of his second term turning the White House into a gilded palace. The South Lawn has a 20-degree slope away from the White House. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement Advertisement"Thanks to President Trump, the White House has never looked better, and it will only continue to get better under his leadership." The helipad is not the first White House renovation to have left Mr Trump frustrated. In December, he called Kaitlan Collins, CNN's White House correspondent, "stupid" and "nasty" for questioning him about the cost.